I told y’all last week was hard for me, but didn’t really explain why. Having a week and some time past the events, I wanted to share with you all that we lost a friend to COVID, lost a pet unexpectedly and found out our 17 year old kitty, our first pet together was dying. So I am very, very grateful for details on what made you all smile and your good news! We are taking it one day at a time here and on Friday we made the ultimate decision to let our beautiful old lady, Gypsy, go. My heart aches with her loss, but I know the most important part of loving our pets, is loving them enough to let them go.
With bad things happening, I did what I always do, which is throw myself into earnings. Let’s get right to it this week.
It’s always a good day when the credit card rewards post- we use a credit card to pay for every single thing that can possibly be paid for in that manner to earn the % back. As long as we don’t carry over a balance, it’s free money! Consequently, I make multiple payments every month on our card. It helps me visualize my budget better- this is also mitigating risk in case something happens and I forget to pay off the card, instead of carrying the full balance over it’s just a portion. Thankfully not only does my credit card send out reminders, I have a reoccurring reminder in my cellphone’s calendar. I rarely need these reminders, but when it comes to money there is no such thing as being too diligent.
We lucked out with some Ibotta freebies and I cashed out quickly again! I love the freebies- what we don’t use we donate to the food pantry at a local small college. It’s a nice way to treat the college kids because the pantry focuses more on best value food than treats like $2 tiny protein bars.
I’m continuing my journey of decluttering and Mercari has suddenly become my MVP for that. I think the saddest thing I sold this week was the birthday invitations I bought for my daughter last year. We won’t be doing a party again this year, so I let them go. Whoever purchased them is getting one or two little extras for the birthday child because I had a whole big thing of favors too.
Goal: $5500
February 22nd- February 28th
$43.53- Credit Card Rewards
$37.24- Final Cashout of a terrible site.
$35.41- Mercari
$24.54- Panel
$22.94- Ibotta
$12.68- Field Agent
$6- Crafts
$5.21- TopCashBack
$4- Surveys
Total earned this week: $191.52
Fund Total from last post: $5087.16
Current Fund Total: $5278.68
Still Needed: $221.32
I’m averaging $114.75 a week!
STEFANIE c STAR says
Oh my gosh, i am so sorry.
Thank you for sharing this with us, we all support and love you!
Debbie Parnell says
We had a rough week this week as well. We lost our 2 year old great nephew last Saturday(Feb. 20) to Neuroblastoma, a fairly rare form of childhood cancer. Then on Wednesday, one of my son’s friends(a local firefighter age 23) was killed in a motorcycle accident on his way to work.
amber says
So sorry about all your sudden sadness. You cat is beautiful! For her to be 17 years old I know you took good care of her.
Kristen D says
Thank you so much <3.
Linda says
Wow you had a good week
Sorry about all your heartache
Kristen D says
Thank you <3.